The AAP's J&K president was taken into preventive custody after videos circulating on social media purportedly showed him verbally abusing the Doda DM.
Medha Roopam’s appointment as Gautam Buddh Nagar DM comes in the backdrop of a major administrative reshuffle by the UP govt on Monday. A total of 23 IAS officers were transferred.
Lucknow: It wasn't exactly a warm welcome for IAS officer Rinku Singh Rahi on his first day as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Shahjahanpur district....
One section of the party is backing the medical officer, while some officials from Chief Minister’s Office siding with the DM. 'It’s turning into a CM office-vs-dy CM conflict,' sources say.
The concentration of powers concerning both regulation and service provision in one position, that is the district magistrate, is institutionally irrational and administratively inefficient.
Collectors or DMs, as they are interchangeably called, already had several existing powers, which have now been explicitly delineated, or in some cases, significantly enhanced.
Govt order says these officers will now have to mention about increase in investment and CD ratio in their districts in the column for self-appraisal in annual confidential report.
MP govt in June said district magistrates & divisional commissioners would have say in appraisals of IFS officers serving in districts, which the latter said undermined their authority.
UP has 14 women district magistrates, with Bahraich as the jewel in the crown for its all-female administration. Many are driving woman-centric measures, from pink autos to feeding rooms.
This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.
Gen Manoj Naravane (retd) said in an exclusive interview with ThePrint that India should focus on having more experts who understand China's psyche and its workings
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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